• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Upgrading laptop hard drive?

Depends very much on the laptop. On most it's failrly easy in my experience. Might need a torx tool perhaps.

Edit: what brand/model do you want to upgrade?
 
It's an old Toshiba (from other thread 😉 ). I'm not sure which model though. I think he is bring it to work Friday.
 
Suppose it's for the P133 you wanted to know a price for?

Should be easy, on the Satellite Pros from that time, for example, there's an easily accesible tray. Only problem is that I don't know how far the BIOS will play along, capacity wise. Best do a web/usenet search before ordering a fat 20 Gig laptop drive.
 
Except for the Portege 300CT (only because I haven't tried it but probably follows suit) all Toshiba's with a 133Mhz have a BIOS limitation of 8GB. This is only if you partition the HDD in that machine. I have successfully put a 10GB drive into a Sat Pro 440 (P133MMX) by ghosting the 440 image using a laptop that didn't have the BIOS limitation. I put a 12GB into a Sat Pro 430 and 420 too.
 
The physical thickness of the drive is important as some of the thicker drives will not fit in some machines. They are rated as 9mm thick, 17mm thick and the like. The software workarounds such as OnTrack or Maxblast take care of most BIOS limitations.
 
It takes 5 minutes including opening and closing the computer cover.
Takes much longer if you need to transfer your existing data.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top